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someone like that would live here at all.”
    “He’s from one town over.” Kai growled. “Sorry. I’m really angry about this. KJ wouldn’t have had this fight if it wasn’t for this guy. The kid he fought was repeating stuff McGarber had told him.”
    Sarah shook her head. “That’s terrible.”
    “You know, enough about that. You’re going to be around for the winter festival, right?”
    “I will.”
    “I’m going to jump the gun here and ask you to go on a third date with me. I’d love to take you to the tree lighting.”
    “I’d like that.” Sarah stood on her tiptoes and kissed him.
    The stress of the day melted away as Kai took the curvy Aussie in his arms. He was surprised at how quickly he could get used to having her in his arms. His panther didn’t want to let her go. It was a good thing KJ was in the living room watching TV. Even so, Kai didn’t want to move too fast for Sarah. She was a human and didn’t understand the pull of a mate.
    “Great. I’ll pick you up at eight tomorrow, if that’s all right.”
    “Sure.”
    He let Sarah out and locked the door behind her. All that night, he thought about her. He wondered if telling her she was his mate would be a good idea. She seemed to understand some of the aspects of being a shifter. It might not freak her out too much, and it could give her incentive to stay in Sunset Falls a little longer. She was good with KJ. He hadn’t been expecting that, either. She wasn’t running for the hills even though it was an awkward situation.
    By the morning, he had resolved to try. He was taking her on a picnic in the desert. There was a spot near the Falls that was gorgeous. It was technically closed at night, but he’d gotten permission from the owner to be there. It paid to have the best courier service in the country.
    First, he was going to have to take care of the McGarber problem. He was feeling confident that it would be easy. There were so many parents who were coming. After he’d dropped KJ off at the Chinese restaurant, he met up with the parents at Two Wolves.
    “Great to see you, man.” Matt shook his hand in greeting. Matt then introduced him to the parents he didn’t know. There were fifteen adults coming. Matt, Mark, and Owen didn’t have any kids in the middle or high school but they were the three alphas in town. Kai hadn’t told the school that he was bringing people with him. When they turned up at the school, the secretary didn’t want to let them all inside.
    “Martha, this is Owen Brooks.” Owen spoke into the intercom outside of the school. “Tell Principal Eurest that either he can speak with us now or we can speak to a reporter. I think the rest of the community will be very interested to hear that the local principal turned away a group of concerned shifter parents.”
    They were all waiting outside the main office moments later. They wouldn’t all fit inside the office, so Principal Eurest came out to meet them. “Hello, friends. What can I do for you today?”
    “You can tell us why you have a staff member spreading anti-shifter ‘facts’ around the school,” Kai said. “My son was suspended yesterday because he got in a fight. That fight wouldn’t have happened if Mr. McGarber hadn’t been telling kids his ‘facts’.”
    Principal Eurest turned bright red. “Right. Okay. Well, I mean I haven’t heard these allegations before today. So you’ll have to give me time to start an investigation.”
    “Investigate all you want, but I want to know what you’re going to do when it turns out we’re telling the truth.” Matt crossed his arms. “All of these kids can’t be lying. The pack has been having problems with this guy since last year. Now it’s escalating. I want to hear what you’re going to do about it.”
    “Well, I can’t give any promises at this time. I need to investigate.” Eurest was sweating.
    “That’s fine,” Kai said. “But my son won’t be returning to this school until the